- 07/03/2013
- Posted by: essay
- Category: Free essays
Many people are afraid of staying outside at night. In addition, they prefer to avoid certain parts of a city. However, unfortunately the biggest crime is happening in a family. I want to give some statistic about family violence here. According to information stated at the website www.favtea.com we see the next statistical data:
“Only about half of domestic violence incidents are reported to police. African-American women are more likely to report their victimization to police Lawrence A. Greenfield et al. (1998). (Violence by Intimates: Analysis of Data on Crimes by Current or Former Spouses, Boyfriends, and Girlfriends. Bureau of Justice Statistics Fact book. Washington DC: U.S. Department of Justice. NCJ #167237. Available from National Criminal Justice Reference Service.)
Most partner violence is mutual. Men initiate violence 40% – 45% of the time; women initiate 50% – 55% of the time. Between 10% – 21% of women, and 15% – 27% of men, claim self-defense.
Domestic and family violence (DFV) is very serious, very common and very deadly. Young people were affected by DFV in two ways. They may be victimize by living within an environment where one parent abusers the other. They may themselves be targets of the violence occurring within their homes. Alternatively, they may be victims of abuse perpetrated by their own partner.” (www.favtea.com/factsaboutfv.htm)
Analyzing above stated data we can say that the problem of domestic violence it is not a problem just of women and children. All over the world, the old people, men and teenagers are suffering from domestic and family violence. Also domestic and family violence it is not a problem of one country. People from European and American countries like Russia, Germany, and USA are afraid of violence not less that people from African and Asian countries. Domestic violence it is a global disease. Government tries to help victims of family violence. That is why many different services were created.
I want to enterprise some interview of the social workers and the victims who suffered from the domestic and family violence. In Russia, Ukraine and Belarus a special service, “Doverie” exists. Ukraine has adopted a law on domestic violence. It came into effort in January 2002. Initially this was not very effective because it included the concept of “victim behavior” – making it possible for police officers to avoid prosecuting the abusers and to warn the victims instead. (According to “The Woman’s UN Report Program and Network”)
The violence in a family becomes more and more widespread problems. Therefore, various experts are involved in programs of the help by the victim and in programs on violence prevention in a family. They are psychologists, social workers, lawyers.
Psychologist Elena Orestova explains something about sense of guilt at victims of violence.
Question:
– Strangely enough, the victim of violence very often tests a sense of guilt that happens. Why such occurs, after all actually the person in what it is not guilty?
Answer:
–Yes, a victim in what are not guilty. Nevertheless, the matter is that they tested a sense of guilt and before to them there was violence. Because, if after violence they senses of guilt do not test, they did not test it and to. If test, means, it was and before. Means, they lived with a sense of guilt
The sense of guilt forms one more very bad habit, which is called «restrictive behavior». The person is free. The person can make something because he wishes to do it because it is convinced that is able to do it that should make it. Then it does – there is an incentive motive. Moreover, people with restrictive behavior do not do that want because are afraid of bad result
Question:
– What occurs to this “inferiority complex” when there is violence?
Answer:
– There is a strange thing. On the one hand, the person learns acknowledgement of the inferiority: “well, here, so I also knew that it will occur to me”.
At the person, free from a sense of guilt, it will be perfect other question: “Why it happens with me?” In addition, the person with a sense of guilt has an aggravation of a sense of guilt – it bad, it has got even in it.
Very often, it leads to serious consequences. At it, all its structure of relations with people collapses and there comes a psychological shock. It needs to be restored long: both physiologically, and then psychologically
Therefore, we can see that some victims of family violence are living with their problem because they are thinking that it is a normal situation. In addition, they are sure that the problem is their fault. However, what is the advice of specialist? Elena Orestova continues:
Question:
What is the first action of a victim of violence suppose to be? We will admit that there was with the person a violence, it on a place has already made any actions, has come home, left in the Internet and now reads ours with you interview, being in a shock and without knowing that to it in general to do. On the one hand, they suppose to protect itself at any material level; on the other hand, they suppose to facilitate the condition.
Answer:
– The first fact that a person should remember is that harm should be punished. Harm should be punished not simply because it is any philosophical principle and that other person has not tested the same to that you have undergone. Therefore, it is necessary to address in law enforcement bodies that they have taken all possible measures for capture of the criminal and for prevention of fulfillment of new crimes by it.
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